What a scary thought

In a news story by the BBC it really is a scary thought that president Trump could initiate a nuclear attack with or without his top generals agreement.

In theory the president could use his access code and send to start the process. Hopefully somewhere along the chain of command someone would say NO, but there seems to be a real possibility that that wouldn't necessarily happen. A truly terrifying thought.

The Chain of Command exists for a very good reason. Right now, I believe the US is at Defense Condition 5 - DEFCON 5 -- they'd have to go all the way down to DEFCON 1 -- which involves a whole bunch of steps and at the end of the day, a human being is still responsible for turning the keys to launch the missiles in the submarines, or pressing the buttons in the silos, as the article points out. It's not as simple as President Trump being able to launch nuclear missiles from "the football". He can give the orders, but those beneath him in the Chain of Command still have to carry them out.

In a news story by the BBC it really is a scary thought that president Trump could initiate a nuclear attack with or without his top generals agreement.

In theory the president could use his access code and send to start the process. Hopefully somewhere along the chain of command someone would say NO, but there seems to be a real possibility that that wouldn't necessarily happen. A truly terrifying thought.

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Eh ?
You contradict the first sentence with the second.
The President can not initiate a nuclear attack, only the process to start one. Two very different things.

Where it says chain of command, says that the President has sole authority to authorise the use of nuclear weapons. And that no one is allowed to overule the presidents decision. It is part of his role as commander in chief.

Even if people lower down the chain decide to refuse to carry out those orders, it is the the fact that he could do it that is the scary part.